Friday Morning Commute - Hötterdämmerung

It's crazy hot out there. I'd like to see the portmanteau in the tag of this post work it's way into nomenclature the way that Snowmaggedon did. I've already ordered 10,000 "I survived the Hötterdämmerung" T-shirts.

As to Segways - in 2005 I wrote the NPS and asked if Segways were legal on the GW trail since there was a guy who was making a habit of it. The answer was "The National Park Service has imposed an interim restriction on the use of
Segways, motorized skateboards, and motorized scooters from all of the
George Washington
Memorial Parkway, including all of its park areas, sidewalks, trails, and
roads. Violation is prohibited and subject to citation by the U.S. Park
Police." I guess I would have to write again and see if this "interim" restriction is still in force. As worded, it does seem to allow electric assisted "true" bicycles.

What about scooters in bike lanes? I almost got nailed by one last night who wanted to pass a car on the right using the bike lane. How I avoided the crash is beyond me, but he got a, "F#(%, MAN!" outta me before I moved on.